As a Leader...
Goals
- Bring the Right Brain Core Program to a bigger mass.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the smooth running of Centre's operation
- Building rapport with parents and other stakeholders
- Encourage teamwork, collaboration and camaraderie between teachers
- Support their mental wellness
Challenges
- ongoing lack of manpower impede plans and group morale
- teething issues with technical glitches
- incomplete Core Program materials and other resources
- unprecedented influx of students intake over the new year
- Unwarranted office politics brought on by management
Personal Challenges
- driving the message across to challenging parents, colleagues and higher-ups
- Fear of making mistakes & be judged harshly for it
- Be confident in the decision made
Action Plans
- realigning back our values and missions through teacher-led discussions
- Focus on personal growth with specialized groups formed to address gaps in educators curriculum and pedagogy
- Fact-checking and open-communication via both public an private consultation
Areas
(that requires training)
- PR skills with parents
- Efficacy in portfolio vetting
- Budgeting
- Completion of Quran-reading (ARS certified)
- Personal goal-setting & Behavioral Strategies
'Open-self'
- reflective
- self-concious
- Logical
- Dependable
- Trustworthy
- Friendly
As an EC educator...
Flashcards
Inspired by other known tried-and-tested approach using the flashcards, it exposes children to a multitude of words, phrases and images within a short span of time. It is believed that activating the child's brain right hemisphere corelates to that of an efficient right brain, which helps a child take in information more readily. In the long run, improving academic performance, focus and attention span.
'Flashcards are proven to increase their cognitive skills such as memory recall and pattern recognition.' - Shichida (1958)
Language & Literacy
On top of English and Malay, we expose children to Arabic. From as simple as Arabic alphabets to the common words and daily used phrases. We emphasized on both spoken and written form to better prepare them for a Madrasah setting. Non-Madrasah trained teachers learnt on-the-go too! Definitely an eye-opener!
كيف حالك؟
(How are you?)
Numeracy
Numeracy is not just about numbers and figuring out the sum or differences, plainly on paper. We expose them to a variety of materials, both commercial and self-made. In-line with Learn-and-Play approach, we strive to keep the learning experience interesting through games and child-relatable scenarios.
